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Wednesday, May 16. 2012

Gaura


Gaura lindheimeri is a new plant for me. This one is nicknamed "Whirling Butterflies."


These are perennials (depending on winter temperatures), hybrids of a North American wildflower. Drought tolerant, prefers full sun, blooms all summer. Perfect border plant. They come in white or pink.


The only thing in life more charming than a well-structured and well-designed perennial border is a well-structured, well-designed girl.

Posted by Bird Dog in Gardens, Plants, etc., Our Essays at 05:45 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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BD, how do you "design" a girl?
#1 cas on 2012-05-16 08:08 (Reply)
God does that.
#1.1 BD on 2012-05-16 08:51 (Reply)
And, to add to their attraction, Gaura will volunteer nicely, popping up where you least expect them. Like a good girl, I suppose.
#2 picturerock (Link) on 2012-05-16 10:08 (Reply)
And YOU. BD, have disappointed dang near all of us by not having a picture of any girls. Any of Theo's friends, or Doc Mercury's, would be happily, yea enthusiastically, received.
#3 Sam L. on 2012-05-16 12:40 (Reply)
Sam L. ... You have the right idea. Every morning these days when I wake up, I wonder what outrage against decency will be perpetrated by That Person in the White House. It's always something. Today, it's little 'addenda' to the White house blog page of sappy Obama vignettes added to the official biographies of past Presidents all the way back to Lyndon Johnson. This scales the heights of absurdities that That Person offers every day. His conceit has elevated from common or garden narcissism into malignant narcissism. He no longer can self-censor. I don't mind if he hurts himself, but I fear he is reaching the stage of hurting other innocent people.

Thank God there are still pretty flowers left in the world.

Marianne
#4 Marianne Matthews on 2012-05-16 14:10 (Reply)
Love gaura. My gaura survived this mild winter.
#5 Alexandra Grabbe (Link) on 2012-06-07 08:45 (Reply)

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